Harness-saddle



(N-o Model.)

H. H. BRANDES.'

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 4167560. Patented Dee. 3, 1889.

tiem/1 mi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. BRANDES, OF CORYDON, KENTUCKY.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,560, dated December 3, 1889.

Application led April 8, 1889. Serial No. 306,406. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. BRANDES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Corydon, in the county of Henderson and State of Kentucky, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements in Gig-Saddles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the gig-saddle. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 .is a Vertical transverse section, and Fig. 4 is a detail View thereof. i

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the iron saddle-plate, which is constructed with the outer or edge ribs a a along its broad body portion and on the under side thereof, and with the inner ribs b b parallel to said edge ribs a d and extending along said edges of the extensions B, which project downward and outward from the branches of said body portion in the planes of said branches.

In the middle rise of the body portion atc is formed a square aperture for the reception of the shank of the water-hook, and the middle portions of the ribs u. and b are notched, as at d, to provide room for the nut of said water-hook.

The apertures e e are designed for the reception of the terret-screws, and in the ends of the extensions B are the apertures g g for the passage of the screws h h, whereby the backband straps K K are secured in place between the ribs b b', said straps being cut to iit iexjtly the seats or intervals between the ribs In the straps K K are made a series of perforations, as at Z l, so that said straps can be adjusted upward or downward in the seats of the saddle-plate to shorten or lengthen the same, h h being the fastening-screws.

At the end of each back-band-strap K is provided the shaft-loop N, to the inner side of which, just below the extreme side swell, is secured a bearing-plate or connection m for the loop of the belly-band billet S.

In this device it is designed to have the shaft-tug loops on the back-band straps, as shown, so that the shaft-tug is not buckled to the back-band; but the tug and back-band.

are one strap, 'as shown, the same being adj ustable according to requirement, as above pointed out, and being secured after adjustment by the screws h. In making this adj ustment the screw h is loosened from its nutplate h and withdrawn suliiciently to allow the strap K to be moved up or down in its 'Seat in the saddle-plate, and when properly adjusted the screw is turned down through the perforation in the strap and engaged with its nut-plate. It necessary, the terret-screws can be loosened and the back-band slipped up to the central portion of the saddle-plate, the lferret-screws being then replaced through perforations of the strap and the screws h.

Secured.

The ribs b b, which laterally bound the seats of the back-band straps in the saddleplate, are designed to engage the edges of the straps, so that said straps will be strengthened at the point-s where the perforations for the passage of the screws are made and will not yield laterally at such points but will hold their shape. Y

The back-band and shaft-tug strap B ma be made either of single or double leather, the lower end of the` strap being turned upward in loop form and secured, as at fn. The bearing-plate 'In is riveted to the inner side of the loop.

The construction of the skirt and pad is similar to that of any other gig-saddle.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-` A harness-saddle provided with a metal jockey, with the reduced or narrowed lower ends, and having four downwardly-projecting ribs, two of which extend the entire length of the jockey and the others only to the offset portion, said jockey being perforated in its upper portion for the terrets and HENRY H. BRANDES.

Witnesses:

C. E. HANNEs, H. D. MoCLUEE.

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